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Za OAGOPUS MUTUS*; =. becca. as 300 Nols DWIPIN Re 
PrarMiGan (autumn plumage). 
T have considered it desirable to give three plates, illustrating three 
very distinct states of plumage, of this very variable bird. 
Genus SYRRHAPTES. 
An Old-World genus of Sand-Grouse, comprising two species, the 
native haunts of which are the Steppes of Russia, China, and Thibet. 
A large number of individuals of the S. paradoxus made an extra- 
ordinary visit to various parts of the European continent and Britain 
in the years 1859 and 1860, 
225. SYRRHAPTES PARADOXUS . . . . . . . Vol. IV. PI. XI. 
Partas’s Sanp-Grovse. 
For particulars see the text of the Plate referred to. 
Family PHASIANID 4. 
Genus PHASIANUS. 
A genus of six or eight species, all of which are natives of the 
northern regions of the Old World, from Asia Minor to Japan. 
Although India, particularly its hilly portions, abounds in gallina- 
ceous birds, no true Pheasant is found there. 
220. -EHASTANUS COLCHIOUS. . . < . « »« «:- Vol. LV. Pl, XT. 
Common PHEASANT, 
A former introduction, probably from Turkey or some part of the 
neighbourhood of the Black Sea. 
Family PERDICIDA. 
In this division of the Gallinaces is comprised a great number of 
varied forms, most of which are natives of the northern portions 
of the Old World. In England we have two which may be 
considered indigenous, the Grey- and the Red-legged Partridge ; 
the migratory Quail also frequently spends the summer in these 
kingdoms. 
Genus PERpDIx. 
A genus of three species, namely:—P. cinerea, habitat Europe; P. 
barbatus, habitat China; and P. Hodqsonie, habitat Thibet. 
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